Hi all -- had to share this...
Went into an Overture Audio here in Michigan today and wanted to listen to 'sumthin'' - not sure what... So I asked - What about tubes - I've never heard tubes before and there is all this talk out there etc...
Well - the guy pulls out a prima luna prologue one - hooks it up - and I say - 'Oh, is that a rega saturn -- heard a lot about that too - can you put that in there?' So he does... Hooks them up to some speakers called VPI or ARI or VRI or something like that ... they were floor standers that came up a bit about thigh high or so....Well........ I almost swallowed my tongue.....
First thing I noticed was voices... very nice and real and full bodied and 3D - then the imaging... oh my....can you say dead center? Did I mention depth of the soundstage? Wow -- I was blown away... The bass - was fantastic and extended very low...there were no room treatments atall.
So - what do you think? Was it the prima luna / the saturn / or those speakers? Needless to say - I was fairly impressed - went home and listened to my sunfire / denon 5900 / odyssey combo and what I felt was missing the most was depth of soundstage and there seemed to be a flatness to the sound ... and maybe I'm not admitting to other stuff...
This was with a prologue one......Anybody have experience with this amp or other prima luna amps or the pre... I know there are other tube folks out there - so... if you have a .... 'well if you think that was good...you should hear the....'
Maybe that trip was a bad idea.... Was this the tube 'magic'??
Went into an Overture Audio here in Michigan today and wanted to listen to 'sumthin'' - not sure what... So I asked - What about tubes - I've never heard tubes before and there is all this talk out there etc...
Well - the guy pulls out a prima luna prologue one - hooks it up - and I say - 'Oh, is that a rega saturn -- heard a lot about that too - can you put that in there?' So he does... Hooks them up to some speakers called VPI or ARI or VRI or something like that ... they were floor standers that came up a bit about thigh high or so....Well........ I almost swallowed my tongue.....
First thing I noticed was voices... very nice and real and full bodied and 3D - then the imaging... oh my....can you say dead center? Did I mention depth of the soundstage? Wow -- I was blown away... The bass - was fantastic and extended very low...there were no room treatments atall.
So - what do you think? Was it the prima luna / the saturn / or those speakers? Needless to say - I was fairly impressed - went home and listened to my sunfire / denon 5900 / odyssey combo and what I felt was missing the most was depth of soundstage and there seemed to be a flatness to the sound ... and maybe I'm not admitting to other stuff...
This was with a prologue one......Anybody have experience with this amp or other prima luna amps or the pre... I know there are other tube folks out there - so... if you have a .... 'well if you think that was good...you should hear the....'
Maybe that trip was a bad idea.... Was this the tube 'magic'??